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Some Place Names of Strathearn School of Scottish Studies University of Edinburgh

I recently came
across a copy of a letter given to me some time ago by Anthony Murray of Dollerie by Crieff . It was
sent to him away back in 1991 by Ian Fraser
of the School of Scottish Studies at
The University of Edinburgh . Mr
Fraser had looked at
various place names in the
Strathearn area as a follow up to a
talk given by him to an unnamed organisation in the town
. I replicate below the details of his research which were contained in the communication . “ Dollerie
has fairly consistent spellings in Dol and Dul , so I assume that
it contained dail (O.W. dul, dol ) ‘water meadow ‘ , ‘haugh
‘ as the main element . The form Dowlarich
however , which you quote as being in the 1500s may not be such a misleading
form after all . This is clearly dubh-larich ‘ black foundation ‘, from larach
‘ foundation of a house ‘ , ‘footing ‘ .This would support WJ Watson’s supposition that “ Do…

Retired part time lecturer at Perth College and former rugby correspondent to our local paper the Strathearn Herald .Former President and a Honorary Member of Crieff & Strathearn Rugby Club. Written 4 books on the local history of Strathearn .